Machine life, a beautiful empath, and an interstellar spaceship on a mission of discovery -- it's Gene Wolfe's Star Trek the Motion Picture. Join Brandon and Glenn for the recap of one of Wolfe's rare hard SF stories, "Alien Stones." Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Support the show, gain access to over a dozen bonus episodes, and help us produce even more content for you by becoming a patron on Patreon. You can read the story in The Island of Doctor Death and O

The game is afoot! Examine the mustard stain, investigate the unusually large paw print, and solve the case of the missing robots with Glenn and Brandon as they get downright Sherlockian with "Slaves of Silver." Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Grab a copy of Glenn's own detective story, The Quality of Mercy. Listen to the prequel on the Tales to Terrify podcast (which has also published some Gene Wolfe you might want to check out). And let us know what you thin

Join the Peace Force and raise mice with Brandon and Glenn as they discuss "The Blue Mouse." Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. To support the show, gain access to exclusive bonus episodes, and to help us reach our goal of bringing you an episode every week, please become a patron on Patreon. Read the story in Castle of Days. Up next: Slaves of Silver, which you can read in Storeys from the Old Hotel. #TheGeneWolfeLiteraryPodcast #GeneWolfe #TheCastleofDays #Brand

Glenn and Brandon are thrilled to bring you their conversation with Marc Aramini about Operation ARES and Wolfe's early career. Get your potato chips, because it's an exciting one! Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. To support the show, gain access to exclusive bonus episodes, and to help us reach our goal of bringing you an episode every week, please become a patron on Patreon. Grab a copy of Marc's excellent book Between Light and Shadow. Up next: The Blue Mouse

Celebrate an Elizabethan feast with Valerie and Brandon as they discuss The Gilmore Girls episode "The Bracebridge Dinner." To listen and to help us produce even more content for you, become a patron on Patreon. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Next month: The Comet by W.E.B. DuBois. #GilmoreGirls #BrandonBudda #ValerieHoagland #TV

China, India, the Outer Banks, and the Pentagon -- travel along with Brandon and Glenn as they conclude Gene Wolfe's first novel, Operation ARES. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. To support the show, gain access to exclusive bonus content, and help us reach our goal of releasing episodes every week, please become a patron on Patreon. #TheGeneWolfeLiteraryPodcast #GeneWolfe #BrandonBudda #GlennMcDorman

Biotech and Russian robots, it's time to join Brandon and Glenn as they tackle chapters seven and eight of Gene Wolfe's first novel, Operation ARES. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Support the show by becoming a patron on Patreon. We're so grateful for your support and for your participation in our story-selection process. Up next: Chapters 9 & 10. #OperationARES #TheGeneWolfeLiteraryPodcast #GeneWolfe #GlennMcDorman #BrandonBudda #ScienceFiction

Animism, spiritualism, mercy, and mysticism. Join Glenn and Brandon for a discussion of religion in chapters five and six of Wolfe's novel, Operation ARES. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Support the show by becoming a patron on Patreon. We're so grateful for your support and for your participation in our story-selection process. Up next: Chapters 7 & 8. #OperationARES #GeneWolfe #TheGeneWolfeLiteraryPodcast #BrandonBudda #GlennMcDorman #ScienceFiction

Face a lion and meet the President with Brandon and Glenn as they tackle chapters five and six of Gene Wolfe's first novel, Operation ARES. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Support the show by becoming a patron on Patreon. We're so grateful for your support and for your participation in our story-selection process. Up next: a discussion of these chapters #OperationARES #TheGeneWolfeLiteraryPodcast #GeneWolfe #GlennMcDorman #BrandonBudda #ScienceFiction

Talk about grief and mourning with Brandon and Glenn as they cover the masterpiece SF story "Snow" by John Crowley. Gain access to this exclusive episode and many more by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Next month: Brandon and Valerie talk The Gilmore Girls while Glenn is off getting married. #GlennMcDorman #BrandonBudda #ScienceFiction #JohnCrowley

Do we have an obligation to obey the law? Do we owe any kind of obedience to the state? Find out what Wolfe, Plato, and Martin Luther have to say as Glenn and Brandon discuss Chapters 3 & 4 of Wolfe's first novel, Operation ARES. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Support the show by becoming a patron on Patreon. We're so grateful for your support and for your participation in our story-selection process. Up next: Chapters 5 & 6. #TheGeneWolfeLiteraryPodcast #Gene

Stand trial with Brandon and Glenn as they tackle chapters three and four of Gene Wolfe's first novel, Operation ARES. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Support the show by becoming a patron on Patreon. We're so grateful for your support and for your participation in our story-selection process. Up next: a discussion of these chapters #OperationARES #TheGeneWolfeLiteraryPodcast #GeneWolfe #GlennMcDorman #BrandonBudda #ScienceFiction

Did NASA bankrupt the United States? What are the snuffling, laughing creatures that consume the dead in White City? Join Brandon and Glenn as they discuss Gene Wolfe's world-building in the first two chapters of Operation ARES. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Support the show by becoming a patron on Patreon. We're so grateful for your support and for your participation in our story-selection process. Subscribe to the show on iTunes or Stitcher; or listen direc

Brave the perils of the night with Brandon and Glenn as they tackle the first two chapters of Gene Wolfe's first novel, Operation ARES. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Support the show by becoming a patron on Patreon. We're so grateful for your support and for your participation in our story-selection process. Subscribe to the show on iTunes or Stitcher; or listen directly from the website. Up next: a discussion of these chapters. #TheGeneWolfeLiteraryPodcast #

Explore the folklore of northern England with Brandon and Glenn as they discuss Neil Gaiman's stand-alone American Gods novella, Black Dog. We're covering this story because a patron generously commissioned a bonus episode. Thank you for this special support! Find out more about commissioning your own episode here (https://www.claytemplemedia.com/episode-commission). Read along and join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum (https://www.claytemplemedia.com/forum/gene-wolfe

Join Brandon and Glenn for a deep dive into the original science-fiction disaster story: H.G. Wells's "The Star." They talk science and religion, cosmic horror, and narrative technique. Become a patron on Patreon today to listen to the episode and gain access to more content and more rewards, and be sure to join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. We are so grateful for your support -- we couldn't do this without you! For more science-fiction talk from Glenn and Brandon

Reanimate yourself with Glenn and Brandon as they discuss "The Packerhaus Method." Read along and join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum (https://www.claytemplemedia.com/forum/gene-wolfe). Subscribe to the show on iTunes or Stitcher (or wherever you find podcasts). Read the story in Storeys from the Old Hotel. Support the show and gain access to bonus content by becoming a patron on Patreon (www.patreon.com/ClaytempleMedia). We're so grateful for your support and your

We're excited to announce that our first patron poll to select stories for Glenn and Brandon to cover on The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast is now live. To participate, become a patron on Patreon at the Archon level (or higher). If you're already a patron, the poll is in your email inbox (from SurveyMonkey). We look forward to seeing which stories you select, and, as always, we're immensely grateful for your support and your patronage. The stories submitted for your approval are

Ride a helibus with Brandon and Glenn as they discuss "Sonya, Crane Wessleman, and Kittee." Our patron vote to determine which stories we'll cover between Operation Ares and The Fifth Head of Cerberus will be next week. If you'd like to vote, become a patron on Patreon at www.patreon.com/claytemplemedia. We're immensely grateful for the support and excited to find out what we'll be covering. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Read the story in Storeys from the Old

Join Glenn and Brandon as they don their robotic ranger caps in "Eyebem." Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Support the show and gain access to exclusive bonus content by becoming a patron on Patreon. You can also sign up to vote in our January patron poll, which will determine the next five short stories we cover. Subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you find podcasts. Read the story in Endangered Species. Up next: "Sonya, Crane Wessleman